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Anyone entering St. Peter's Square in Rome these days will see a bizarre scene.
There is a ceramic Christmas crib that combines religion and science fiction: a security guard reminiscent of Darth Vadar from ›Star Wars‹ protects an astronaut, surrounded by biblical characters that look like life-size chess pieces.
Between Saints Mary and Joseph is the baby Jesus, wrapped in a red robe.
The reactions to the unconventional Christmas crib are mixed:
“I had to think of skittles with the baby Jesus as a ball. It's a very strange nativity scene. Hard to believe they did it. "
“I think it's adorable. I like the crib figures. Although I was curious to see the wrapped baby Jesus. "
The ceramic nativity figures were made between 1965 and 1975 by students from Castelli, an Italian city known for ceramics, and have already been part of several exhibitions.
St. Peter's Square in the Vatican has repeatedly been the scene of extraordinary Christmas cribs by various artists in recent years.
